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Sony Pictures Entertainment got cyber attacked and was requested to cancel the film, The Interview. The security of the network was vulnerable to the attack. In the health care sector, patients’ medical and personal information are electronic records, which are vulnerable to hackers. The purpose of research is to increase the awareness and translate the importance of information security. The organizations of health care should ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the health care personal information. The information security management system includes policies which are related to information security and risks. The contents include security management and risk assessment, security controls, plans, and procedures, physical security, human factors security, security auditing, and computer security models.

This research study will examine how large scale data mining may negatively affect privacy as it helps solve national and international sex trafficking crimes. The data mining tool researched here is the Memex Project; created, implemented, and managed by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Memex Project senses patterns in large amounts of data and makes connections. Memex was created to assist the federal government in cracking down on human trafficking. It may also be used by national governments in the fight against terrorism in the near future. While the Memex Project’s purpose is admirable, it could be used as a tool to intrude on the privacy of law-abiding citizens. As part of this research study, a breakdown of how data mining is defined and regulated by United States law will also be examined.